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Today, on almost every front page of a newspaper, from small towns in Arkansas to the biggest cities in the nation, same-sex couples are featured prominently, and headlines report that the United States Supreme Court has struck down bans on marriage between same-sex couples.

On January 9, the United States Supreme Court will consider petitions on the freedom to marry from 5 marriage states - Tennessee, Louisiana, Ohio, Michigan, and Kentucky - who are seeking certiorari this term.

The strategy to build Mayors for the Freedom to Marry in 2014 has been incredibly successful. In this, the third year of the program, we increased the number of mayors from the mid-300s to over 500 Mayors and went from having mayors in less than 35 states to 45 states.

Freedom to Marry has always been committed to winning marriage for same-sex couples nationwide - and now, as momentum surges across the country, it is more important for supporters to do all they can to speak out for the freedom to marry nationwide. Here's what's going on in the 15 where same-sex couples continue to be denied the freedom to marry.

On Friday, the Supreme Court of the United States denied Florida's request to extend a stay in a federal ruling in favor of the freedom to marry from August, meaning that the stay will be lifted on January 5, and same-sex couples will be able to marry starting on January 6.

This week, on Wednesday, December 10, Freedom to Marry in partnership with Equality Florida hosted a Town Hall event in Miami, FL to discuss how we'll move marriage forward in Florida and how supporters in the Sunshine State can pitch in to the campaign to win the freedom to marry in Florida and nationwide.

Last week I was honored with the opportunity of introducing fellow members of Young Conservatives for the Freedom to Marry to my adopted home state of South Carolina - just days after same-sex couples could finally get married in the Palmetto State.

On December 10, a petition with over 1,000 signatures was delivered to Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel, urging him to stand on the right side of history and let the November 25 ruling in Jernigan v. Crane stand.

Freedom to Marry was the campaign to win marriage nationwide. With the Supreme Court victory on June 26, 2015, the work of this strategic campaign – though not the larger movement – was achieved, and Freedom to Marry wound down its operations, closing in early 2016. For inquiries, please email legacy@freedomtomarry.org.